So you’ve picked LLB. Laawww! Some call it brave. Some call it madness. But you? You call it ambition wrapped in black coats and constitutional arguments.
Welcome to the land of never-ending judgments, thick bare acts, and debates so fiery they could give your favorite reality shows a run for their TRPs.
“The law student’s mind works like a court—always open, rarely at rest, and constantly interrupted by objections.”
Let’s take a tour of what college life really looks like when you’re studying LLB in India.
📖 Year 1: From Freshers to Fundamental Rights
You enter the college bright-eyed, already imagining courtroom drama and hard-hitting arguments. But what you get first is the Indian Contract Act—and a reality check thicker than your law books.
- You learn quickly that IPC is not a new OTT platform, and CPC is not a coding language.
- Professors speak in English, Latin, and something called “legalese” which needs its own translator.
- The library becomes your second home. Not out of love. Out of syllabus terror.
And yes, everyone starts using phrases like “prima facie,” even while ordering chai.
⚖️ Year 2: Moot Point, Maximum Drama
This is when moot courts enter your life. Not to be confused with actual courts. These are staged trials where your opponent can be your best friend—and still object to your existence.
- Research becomes your oxygen. Case laws become your lullabies.
- You start dreaming in sections. (“Section 420? No, that’s my alarm tone now.”)
- Friendships are forged and broken in the fires of late-night moot prep and whose argument sounds smarter.
Also, you become the go-to person in your family for legal advice—on everything from parking fines to property disputes.
🧑⚖️ Year 3: Objection Sustained… Against Sleep
By now, you’re part law student, part detective, part walking encyclopedia.
- The syllabus becomes more complex. So do your coffee orders.
- You develop a love-hate relationship with case studies. Mostly hate.
- Attendance is a myth, and your notes are crowd-sourced from seven people and two tuition groups.
The phrase “Justice delayed is justice denied” now applies to your sleep schedule.
🎤 Debates, Demos, and Daily Arguments
LLB college life isn’t all about books and black-and-white judgments. It’s also about being opinionated in 3 languages and having at least one heated debate at lunch every day.
- College elections? Expect manifestos written better than Bollywood scripts.
- Classroom debates? Nobody agrees with anyone, including themselves.
- Group projects? Let’s just say teamwork often turns into court cases of who-did-what.
Your voice becomes louder, sharper, and seasoned with citations.
🧳 Life Lessons and Legal Jargon
You also learn the soft skills:
- How to carry 4 books, a laptop, and a coffee cup with one hand.
- How to argue with logic and not volume (still learning).
- How to fake confidence when you forgot the facts of the case (expert level).
And yes, that moment when you win your first moot? It’s not a trophy. It’s redemption in a black coat.
🏁 The Final Verdict?
College life while doing LLB is no joke—but it is definitely full of them.
You’ll spend years trying to make sense of laws that are older than your grandparents, attend lectures with more Latin than logic, and still emerge with clarity, confidence, and probably a caffeine addiction.
But most importantly, you’ll learn to stand your ground, speak your mind, and know exactly which section to quote when someone tries to skip the line in the canteen.
So next time someone asks what LLB students do all day, just smile and say:
“We fight for justice, but right now, we’re fighting for internal marks.”
